diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManagerDialog.java b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManagerDialog.java
index f44202abc..0932c1a8b 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManagerDialog.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManagerDialog.java
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ public class ContributionManagerDialog {
     tabLayout.setVerticalGroup(tabLayout
       .createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.CENTER)
       .addComponent(numberLabel).addComponent(updateTabLabel));
+    
+    numberLabel.setVisible(false);
   }
 
   // . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/UpdateContributionTab.java b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/UpdateContributionTab.java
index 752c38418..a1791a860 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/UpdateContributionTab.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/UpdateContributionTab.java
@@ -235,8 +235,13 @@ public class UpdateContributionTab extends ContributionTab {
   //
     @Override
     void updatePanelOrdering(Set<Contribution> contributionsSet) {
+      if(getNoOfRows() == 0){
+        contributionTab.contributionManagerDialog.numberLabel.setVisible(false);
+      }else{
       contributionTab.contributionManagerDialog.numberLabel.setText(Integer
         .toString(panelByContribution.size()));
+      contributionTab.contributionManagerDialog.numberLabel.setVisible(true);
+      }
       dtm.getDataVector().removeAllElements();
       dtm.fireTableDataChanged();
       ContributionType temp = null;